Le Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:19:17PM -0800, Chris Lumens a écrit:
> > Hmmm, If I recall, you must configure the kernel to
> > allow a console on a com port. SRM has this funcionality
> > built in. Once control is given to linux it will send
> > all data to the console (which at this point would only
> > be the framebuffer) and have nowhere to send the data.
>
> The generic, gen_smp, and avanti images all have serial console support
> compiled into the kernel. The miata/lx164 image does not, but I can add
> that if that turns out to be a problem.
>
> I believe that the /etc/inittab will need to be modified to spawn an
> agetty on the serial port. I will be looking at that soon - probably
> later today. First, I need to get some updated kernel images out with RTC
> support and build a few minor things. I also need to figure out why one
> person is having issues with a Multia and continue investigations on the
> bootable CD.
hm, in fact I have now the message on the console, resolved the
case by adding a "console=ttyS0" did it well.
now the kernel is ending up stopping after inserting the md
driver, but I'll try searching what's wrong tomorrow.
Arnaud.
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